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The chant began as soon as he started slipping out of his sweats. This was last month, deep into only the second game of Duke's basketball season. Yet as Marty Clark stood by the scorer's table waiting to enter, he heard sounds that made him out to be some Tobacco Road version of Rocky. "Mar-tee! Mar-tee! Mar-tee!" roared those Duke students known as the Cameron Crazies. Then he was out on the Blue Devils` home court, Cameron Indoor Stadium, and he was applauded for grabbing a rebound, cheered for converting a fast-break basket, then showered again for making a tough shot underneath while being hammered to the floor.

By Charles Storch, Tribune staff reporter. Charles Storch is a Duke University graduate, Class of 1971 | February 19, 2004

Early this week, a snowstorm hit Duke University, but nowhere did this latest winter wallop land harder than at Krzyzewskiville, the school's tent city of basketball fanatics. Luckily, Head Line Monitor Donald Wine II called a "grace," allowing some 600 undergraduates to go back to the comfort of their dorms until the worst was over. Wine, a 21-year-old senior from Farmington Hills, Mich., is the arbiter of all things K'ville, as this grassy plaza near Cameron Indoor Stadium is often called.

Think it was a coincidence Britney Spears dumped K-Fed on Election Day. This will be a precedent: Term limits for bad spouses. 2. Not even cold yet Hey, Britney. Babe. Call me. 3. Low blow Folks are still talking about that knee to no man's land that Raider Tyler Brayton gave Seattle's Jerramy Stevens. Still feeling it too. 4. Groin, groin, gone! Let's just get this out of the way: It's a little early in the season for the Nutcracker. 5. Taking stands How dare they tell Cameron Crazies they can't stand during Duke games?

Tyler Hansbrough didn't lose his first three games at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Ty Lawson made sure Hansbrough and North Carolina's seniors ended their careers a perfect 4-0 on Duke's home court. Lawson's 25 points, four assists and ability to control the game in the second half gave UNC a 101-87 win over the Blue Devils on Wednesday and left the Cameron Crazies depressed after another home loss to the Heels. Since an 0-2 ACC start, No. 3 UNC has won eight conference games in a row to take hold of first place.

FRIDAY Gonna go back in time They were partying like it was 1992 back on Dec. 31 when the Bulls beat the Trail Blazers 102-87 at the United Center. Jalen Rose had 32 points, Tyson Chandler had 27 points and 18 rebounds and Jay Williams nearly had a double-double with 9 points and 9 assists. Since that loss Portland is 10-4 and has won 5 of 6. Revenge is best served cold but the forecast is for a high of 53. Maybe the Bulls have a chance. Time & TV: 9 p.m., Fox Sports Net SATURDAY Unstoppable Force, meet Immovable Object Duke is 20-0 and ranked No. 1 in the country.

In the wake of the Knicks' Antonio Davis going into the United Center stands last week and ex-Hales Franciscan player Nate Minnoy confronting a heckler in the bleachers last season, the Central Suburban League has unveiled a ground-breaking sportsmanship policy for its teams. According to the policy, which started this season, "Fans can only cheer for their team. Cheers directed towards the other team, members of that team or officials will be deemed inappropriate sportsmanship and will not be tolerated.

Slow news days make it hard on me. So if halfway down the page here you feel like napping, I understand. I just might join you. Wait, I take that back. It's a final! Bahrain beat Thailand 2-0 in international soccer. It was just an exhibition, but still. Wow. Yes, Greece won the European Soccer Cup championship, but the really important question is, "What brand of sunglasses is David Beckham wearing these days?" Coach K came back from his July 4th weekend and told the Los Angeles Lakers "No, thanks."

The trip from one world to another took a flight from Paris to New York on Friday, an evening of rest in the city that never sleeps and then a Saturday air hop that finally deposited him in Indianapolis. The decision to come, though, was never in doubt. Nothing could have kept Yannick Noah from seeing his eldest child, Joakim, a 6-foot-11-inch center with Florida, take the floor in the Final Four. Joakim's Gators easily dispatched George Mason 73-58, but the lack of drama didn't quiet Yannick's anxiety.

Mike Krzyzewski left the court Saturday after Duke rolled to a 79-58 victory over visiting St. John's with another win under his belt and compassion in his heart. Krzyzewski became angry in the waning moments of his team's lopsided win when fans began to chant: "Fire Mike Jarvis." The Duke coach yelled at the Cameron Crazies to stop embarrassing one of his closest coaching friends whose team is struggling (1-4) in the early going. "I told my kids after the game there was a time when that chant was for him," Jarvis said, referring to Krzyzewski's first three seasons with Duke in the early 1980s.

None finer: Duke-Carolina Andrew Wagaman, The Morning Call The best rivalry in sports is in college because of the real affiliations to teams in addition to the national interest they garner. Duke and North Carolina are only eight miles apart, yet the intensity based on the school pride of a relatively small number of students and alumni is embraced by an entire nation of fans. The only thing I remember about a friend's Bar Mitzvah is sneaking into the country club kitchen to watch overtime of one game.